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Description

In attending the trial of Rosemary West, and using interviews, the author presents a study of the sexual obsession that led to the measured killing of 12 women and girls by Fred West. It looks at how and why West was driven to serial killing, turning 25 Cromwell Street into a burial ground.

Author Biography

Brian Masters has written over twenty books on subjects as diverse as French literature, the dukedoms in Great Britain, E.F. Benson and Marie Corelli. His groundbreaking study of mass murderer Dennis Nilsen, Killing for Company, won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction in 1985. He is the author of the critically acclaimed The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer and The Evil that Men Do. He is also highly regarded for his journalism, in particular his weekly column in the Mail on Sunday's magazine Night and Day. He lives in France.

Key Features

Author(s)

Brian Masters

Publisher

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Date of Publication

01/06/1997

Language(s)

English

Format

Paperback

ISBN-10

0552545368

ISBN-13

9780552545365

Genre

True Crime

Publication Data

Place of Publication

London

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

First Published

1997

Imprint

Corgi Books

Dimensions

Weight

268 g

Width

105 mm

Height

178 mm

Spine

27 mm

Pagination

432

Editorial Details

Format Details

A-format paperback

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Very detailed account on what happened, good book to read. I brought this product after reading an article about rose west in a magazine and just had to know more. The only thing i dislike is it does go on about things sometimes that are hard to understand.